Guide
Physiotherapy for Parkinson’s, at home
Physiotherapy can help someone with Parkinson’s keep walking, stay steadier on their feet and keep doing everyday things. NICE recommends seeing a physiotherapist with experience of Parkinson’s early on, and Parkinson’s-specific physiotherapy for anyone with balance or movement problems. At home, it works on the stairs, chairs and doorways they actually use.
What it can work on
- Walking: longer steps, turning, and getting going when their feet seem stuck to the floor
- Balance, and the risk of falling
- Getting up from a chair, getting out of bed and turning over in bed
- Strength and staying active, which matters at every stage
- Dressing, washing and cooking, with an occupational therapist
What NICE recommends
- Early on
- Consider a physiotherapist and an occupational therapist with experience of Parkinson’s, for assessment, education and advice, including about staying active.
- Balance or movement problems
- Offer physiotherapy specific to Parkinson’s.
- Everyday tasks getting harder
- Offer occupational therapy specific to Parkinson’s.
How we can help
We see them at home, watch how they walk, turn and get up in their own rooms, and write a plan the family can follow. Where therapy helps, we provide it at home and adjust it as things change. We work alongside their Parkinson’s nurse and neurologist, not instead of them.
The assessment is £140, and it starts with a free consultation call.